AMERICAN MEN

A MAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE MADE OF IRON AND STEEL
EMOTIONS MAY RUN DEEP
BUT HE WILL NEVER SHOW JUST WHAT HE FEELS
LIKE FIRE ON ICE
HE REMAINS CALM
EVEN IF HE PAYS THE ULTIMATE PRICE
NO ROOM FOR COWARDS, NO TIME TO BE WEAK
HE FIGHTS ON THROUGH HELL
EVEN WHEN THE SENSE OF DEFEAT IS AT ITS PEAK
COME SATANS HELL OR HIGH WATER HE STRIVES TO WIN
WHILE OTHERS WILL FAIL
TO QUITE FOR HIM IS A  DAMNING SIN
HE HOLDS HIS COMPOSURE
FOR HIM TAKING PAIN IS A THRILL
FOR GOD, COUNTRY AND FAMILY
HE DOES WHAT IT EVER TAKES, EVEN IT MEANS TO KILL
FOR VICTORY WINS THE BATTLE
DEFEAT LOSES THE WAR
AN ALL AMERICAN MAN
BORN AND BREAD TO FIGHT
TO VANISH EVIL
TO BRING JUSTICE TO LIGHT
HE WILL FIGHT ON
TILL HIS LAST BREATH
HE SWORE A OATH TO PROTECT
HE WILL DO SO TILL DEATH
CRY NOT FOR THE SOLDIER
EVEN THOUGH HE HAS DIED
HE DID WHAT WE WAS SENT TO DO
WHILE OTHERS QUITE AND CRIED
HE WOULD WEAR HIS UNIFORM WITH STEADFAST PRIDE
HE LET HIS STORY BE TOLD
UNCOMMON VALUE  HIS VIRTUE
HIS LEGACY WILL NEVER GET OLD
THESE ARE OUR SOLDIERS AND MARINES AMERICA
MAYBE TO PROUD YET TRUE
FIGHTING FOR US
FOR THE RED WHITE AND BLUE
PLACE THE FLAG ON HIS CASKET
WHILE WE CARRY HIM TO HOLLOWED GROUND
NEW MEN EMERGE TO TAKE HIS PLACE
TRAINED, SKILLED OFF TO FIGHT ARE THEY BOUND
RIFLE IN HAND, BAYONET IN THE OTHER
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, TO PROTECT
FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE FOR ONE ANOTHER
 
D.B. JOHNSON